I grew up in France but have been living in Canada for the last 12 years, I am currently located in North Vancouver and work from a studio on Pemberton Avenue.

I have two passions:- Painting the effects of light with watercolor on paper through portraits and cityscapes ( http://www.watercolorpainting.ca/ and http://www.yupopaperpainting.com/ )- Building complex textures and edges with acrylics and mixed media on canvas (http://www.mixed-media-paintings.com)

This could be me and my old buddies except rarely did we wear full wet suits. With the exception of just a few winter months “Spring suits” were enough. Wonderful painting. (I might be a bit partial to the watercolour version.) But please understand that’s not a negative towards the mixed media version, as I truly like them both.

Thanks Jim, the Pacific is cold in Tofino so they will wear the full suit even in the summer months. I tried surfing once but found it very difficult :-)Watercolors always seem to have a different light I found, than other media.